Temptu Trauma Palette Makes the Rounds in new Bond Film Quantum of Solace.

Hollywood makeup artist Naomi Donne used Temptu palettes on the most current incarnation of the world's most famous secret agent, Bond, James Bond in Quantum of Solace currently #1 at the box office!...... View Details

Temptu Stars on the Cover of Self Service

Temptu featured on the cover of Self Service Fall/Winter Issue, the influential fashion magazine and trend bible out of Paris created by the folks behind Work in Progress. Makeup artist extraordinaire Lisa Butler with the assistance of Emma Roberts used Temptu airbrush makeup and stencils to create the unforgettable images on supermodels Lara Stone, Freja Beha Erichsen, Eniko Mihalik, Catherine McNeil, and Anja Rubik shot by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. An epic 70-page spread, the references range from Dali’s surrealistic bo...... View Details

Bright bursts of color rule when Temptu designs the beauty look for Joanna Mastroianni’s Spring 09 collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
Red carpet designer Joanna Mastroianni debuted a sixties inspired collection with shorter hem heights and brighter colors for Spring. The collection included Correges-inspired silhouettes of black and white tailored swing coats and vivid, short shifts. Temptu Key Makeup Artist JP McCary created a beauty look to complement the collection with bright, vivid colors in hi-def airbrush makeup. Yellow and purple on the lids, pink on the cheek, and flawless found..... View Details

Devi Kroell makes a splash with her first ready-to-wear collection at New York Fashion Week, partnering with Temptu to achieve beauty perfection
Award-winning accessories designer Devi Kroell launched her first womenswear collection to critical acclaim. Inspired by simplicity of form, tactile surfaces and exquisitely effortless shapes, Devi Kroell’s collection for Spring 09 gave a fresh vision of modern femininity that was architectural and a lesson in elegant restraint. Key Makeup Artist Lisa Butler created a modern minimalist beauty look that emphasized perfect unadorned skin, as flawless as the lux....  View Details

Temptu updates a classic beauty look for the Trovata Spring 09 Collection at New York Fashion Week.
Making an unconventional entrance through a vintage white schoolbus, models donned John Whitledge’s Spring 2009 collection for Trovata. Preppy and nautically inspired, with an occasional period flair, the collection showcased the distinctly California casual flavor coupled with East Coast sophistication for which he is known.

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Temptu collaborates with Liz McClean for her Spring 2009 New York Fashion Week show
Temptu was proud to collaborate with New York designer Liz McClean for her Spring 2009 Collection. Temptu teamed up with McClean to create a limited edition temporary tattoo transfer featuring a selection of peace signs designed by model-turned-artist Fanny Bostrom.

With a long history of collaborating with the world’s foremost artists to create limited edition body art – from Matthew Barney to KiKi Smith to Dan Colen – as well as a rich history of designing makeup looks for New York Fashion Week, Temptu embraced this int........  View Details

Temptu hits the tents at Bryant Park for the Venexiana Spring 09 show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
When Kati Stern unveiled her Spring 2009 collection of gowns featuring feminine silhouettes and loads of embellishments, she knew where to come to give it a bit more of her signature rock n’ roll edge. Temptu’s Key Body Artist Jenai Chin added some extra sex appeal to the models strutting down the runway, using the Venexiana logo to run up the back of the legs, like a silk stocking. The result? The Ultimate Vixen.   View Details

Temptu Gets Racked!
Temptu's gorgeous new LA showroom is featured in the popular shopping blog Racked! The piece highlights our lofty industrial space, monthly seminars, and partnership with artist Jason Rogenes, who designed the incredible light sculpture that graces our ceiling. Racked also advises us all to "get ready for our closeup" - check out the piece, or better yet, check out the LA showroom itself to find out why!   View Details

Amber Valletta wears Temptu on the cover of VOGUE LatinoAmerica
Makeup Artist Tyron Machhausen used Temptu Airbrush Makeup on a sizzling Amber Valletta for the cover of VOGUE LatinoAmerica and a corresponding seven page spread. Tyron worked his magic to achieve the ultimate look on this supermodel: Modern, flawless, perfection.   View Details

TEMPTU LA NOW OPEN!
Temptu is proud to open our first West Coast Showroom in Los Angeles’s Silver Lake neighborhood. The Temptu West Coast showroom will serve as Showroom, Lab and Open Studio for makeup artists and consumers to learn about Temptu airbrush makeup products and equipment.

The Temptu West Coast Showroom will host monthly Product Education Seminars on the breadth of Temptu product including High Definition Airbrush Makeup, Special FX Palettes, and Pro Transfers and Body Art.   View Details

And what's more rock n' roll than tattoos? The Hard Rock has set up the "Get Inked Tattoo Parlor" with Life's a Beach, and they're exclusively using only the best: Temptu temporary tattoos.

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Body Art Unleashed!!

Pick up the May/June issue of Airbrush Action and check out "Body Art Unleashed!" to uncover a step-by-step to designing the outrageous tiger rendered by airbrush superstar John Maurad, using what Airbrush Action calls the "crème de la crème of body art colors", Temptu. View More

John Waters' cult classic film "Cry-Baby" is now getting a taste

of the footlights on Broadway
Temptu created the tattoos for the original cult classic, so we were a natural fit for the Broadway run of the show, especially since makeup artist Randy Mercer has used Temptu before for everything from the Broadway revival of "Cabaret" to the Julia Roberts hit "Runaway Bride". For Randy we designed custom tattoos with our in-house illustrator, as well as supplying some of our Pro Tattoo Transfers to add a little eye candy here and there. The result? Beautiful and deranged. Just as John Waters would want it!  View Details

On the agenda are training units, an outdoor lounge and airbrushing en plein air, staff offices and 21st century showroom for Temptu, as we enter a new era from East Coast to West Coast, covering the country in high-definition makeup. Look for our Temptu West Coast Showroom to open in May 2008... View More

Temptu has gone CarbonFree!

Temptu is proud to announce that we have now gone CarbonFree, by offsetting our carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country’s leading carbon offset organizations. We have committed to zeroing-out our carbon footprint through the support of CarbonFund.Org’s renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reforestation projects. To that end, Temptu will donate a portion of proceeds from the sale of every compressor and airbrush kit towards the planting of trees through Carbonfund.org’s third-party certified reforestation projects.... View More

Temptu featured on Bravo’s Make Me A Supermodel
Temptu’s Lead Body Artist Jenai Chin was called in to apply some good ol’ Temptu tattoo transfers to the models in Bravo’s latest fashion-based reality series, “Make Me a Supermodel.″

Some of you may know Jenai as the creator of many of the designs that are now featured in our Pro Transfers series. For episode 11 of “Make Me a Supermodel,” Jenai applied several Temptu temporary tattoos to the models, who wore not much more than the ink on their skin. View Details

Temptu Pro Transfers featured in the April issue of VANITY FAIR

Celebrity makeup artist Carla White came to Temptu for The Queens of Comedy March issue of Vanity Fair. Carla was assigned the task of transforming America’s funniest ladies, while famed photographer Annie Leibovitz captured their spirit, including Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and -- doing a dead-on spoof of Amy Winehouse -- Sarah Silverman. The first step to getting Amy’s look down is getting some serious tattoos. For the “Funny Girls” shoot Carla White used Temptu’s... View More

SB MAKEUP IN ACTION FOR FACE AND BODY BEAUTY IN SPORTS

ILLUSTRATED’S 2008 SWIMSUIT ISSUE
Temptu was the airbrush makeup of choice for Sports Illustrated’s “Their Better Halves” layout in its 2008 Swimsuit Edition. Makeup artist Patrycja applied Temptu’s SB makeup on the face and the body to give the gorgeous wives of star athletes the flawless coverage, healthy glow, and sexy highlights they desired. View more

Gucci Westman uses Temptu as backstage secret for

Behnaz Sarafpour’s Fall 2008 look at New York Fashion Week.
When celebrity makeup artist Gucci Westman needed the most perfect, vivid color to achieve the dynamic eyes for Behnaz Sarafpour’s look, she knew exactly whom to call. Gucci requested Temptu airbrush makeup to get the perfect bright yellow eye shadow – from lid to lash – that would help bring Sarafpour’s Fall 2008 collection to life. Temptu sent airbrush makeup pro Jenai Chin to assist Gucci in applying this intense beauty look, and Gucci “couldn’t thank [us] enough” for our “support and generosity. “It’s a fun season to be... View Details

TEMPTU collaborates with BENJAMIN CHO for his FALL 2008 collection

during NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Temptu was proud to collaborate with New York fashion designer Benjamin Cho for his Fall 2008 Collection. Temptu teamed up with Cho to create a limited edition temporary tattoo transfer featuring the art of downtown art sensation Dan Colen. Key Body Artist Jenai Chin lead a team applying the body makeup full sleeve look made of red lipstick kisses to top models Patricia Schmid and Milagros Schmoll.

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The cover of The New York Times Style section featured Temptu's Pro Transfers and body art makeup, and highlighted the brand new Girly collection. As seen on the cover of Italian Vogue and behind-the-scenes at the Marc Jacobs Christmas party, Pro Transfers were designed by Temptu's professional team of artists steeped in tattoo history and visual pop culture from the 20s to today. Read the article here:

S/B Foundation in Action
From flawless, natural beauty to hi-definition color couture, Temptu’s January photoshoot captured the undeniable magic of airbrush makeup. Photographer Wendy Hope,makeup artist Ralph Siciliano, and hairstylist Damian Monzillo worked their transformative prowess on the beautiful Biljana.  View Video

2008 will be another milestone year for Temptu, as we open our first West Coast office and showroom in Los Angeles. As an artist living and working in... View Details

INKED
The incredible relaunch of tattoo lifestyle magazine Inked featured a piece entitled “Ink on Film,” showcasing Temptu’s rich history of designing iconic tattoo works for film throughout the years.

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